Sensex drops 61 pts, Nifty50 ends flat

The benchmark BSE Sensex gave up its early gains to close lower by 61.16 points at 33,856.78 Tuesday mainly due to profit booking in the last hour of the trade after recent gains. The broader NSE Nifty managed to end higher for the second day at 10,426.85, up by 5.45 points or 0.05 per cent after shuttling between 10,478.60 and 10,377.85, intra-day.